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Delays in Butler expansion frustrating to its executive director

YOUNGSTOWN — The head of the Butler Institute of American Art said he’s “frustrated” with delays in getting started on a $1.8 million multi-story addition that would add much-needed storage space and a display area for some of the museum’s larger pieces.

“I’m in a quandary about it,” said Louis A. Zona, the Butler’s executive director. “We wanted to get started months ago, but we can’t get moving.”

The matter, however, could be resolved as soon as early next month.

The issue is the Butler needed a piece of property owned by Youngstown State University to build what will be called the Bacon Wing, in front of the museum’s Beecher Center for Art and Technology. The facility will be named after the Bacons, a local family that has been actively involved in numerous area nonprofits for several years, Zona said.

The Butler received approval for the project March 9 from the city’s design review committee and forwarded the proposal to YSU for a property swap.

The land transfer also needs approval from the State Controlling Board.

Read more in Sunday’s Vindicator.

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